title: [The medico-legal value of monitoring of the fetal heart rate during labor].
abstract: We show that most litigations against obstetricians have to do with fetal cardiotocography. The experts called upon in this matter are faced with great difficulties mainly because of the variability in the interpretation of the cardiotocogram. The following questions are addressed: can one do without the fetal heart rate recording during labor? What is the relevance of such recording? The issue of the quality and of the storage of the recordings is addressed. So as to avoid the litigations, we suggest to respect "the right practice" which is developed.
authors.affiliation: Maternité de l'Hôpital Esquirol, Saint-Maurice.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cynober
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jeny
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D015148:Cardiotocography / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D005544:Forecasting; D005602:France; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Valeur médico-légale de l'enregistrement du rythme cardiaque foetal au cours du travail.